Humans vs Robots on Mars

The Washington Post has an editorial
on manned vs robotic Mars exploration by Robert Zubrin,
president of the
Mars Society. The erroneous
idea that robots will eliminate human space travel seems to
come up whenever a space mission is in the news and we've covered it before. Zubrin points
out that while robots are useful, fun, and cheap ways of exploring, many
of the tasks involved in looking for life would be much easier for a
human
explorer. And, regardless of how many robots are sent to Mars for
exploration, humans will still go themselves eventually in order
to live
there.